Teaching the clinical interpretation of peripheral blood smears to a second-year medical school class using the PeripheralBlood-Tutor computer program

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 514-520

  Wood, Brent ^a   Mandel, Lynn ^a   Schaad, Doug ^a   Curtis, Janet D ^a   Murray, Charlotte ^a   Broudy, Virginia ^a   Gernsheimer, Terry ^a,b   Wener, Mark H ^a   LeCrone, Carol N ^a   Astion, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PUGET SOUND BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted instruction; Medical education; Peripheral blood

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SMEAR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031919858     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/109.5.514     Document Type: Review

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